Happy Birthday, Heath!
Heath, as we wish you a Happy Birthday, we want you to know there was never a time when you weren’t in our hearts. We’ve been blessed beyond measure these last 20 years. And look forward to the new...
View ArticleNever Let Go book giveaway
Welcome to the Never Let Go book giveaway! One person will win 1 copy of our book “Never Let Go”. This giveaway ends on Friday so hurry and get your entry in! Just enter the easy rafflecopter below! a...
View ArticleThe Better Halves
(by Travis Thrasher) They could have let go. They could have said “Enough’s enough.” They had every right to turn their heads and their hearts and move on. They maybe even should have. But both of...
View ArticleCrown Jewels
“The most precious jewels you will ever have around your neck are the arms of your grandchildren.” I grew up working in our family jewelry store. I would help place the rings and expensive necklaces in...
View ArticleEnjoy The Moments
Since Mary and I had two new grand babies born in one week we had to divide and conquer. Mary went to Louisiana. I went to Denver, Colorado, both to help our daughters take care of their new babies. My...
View ArticleGod Can Do Anything
Mac and I are traveling this weekend with our eldest granddaughter, Caroline. We’re so happy to be able to bring this beautiful twelve-year-old to the Celebrate Recovery One Day event in...
View ArticleI Go To CR Because . . .
Forever Family…two words that describe the Celebrate Recovery Family. I have witnessed CR people coming together for ten years. Strangers coming together in a safe place and becoming family. CR is a...
View ArticleUrgent verses Vital
I (Mac) was reminded the other day the difference between urgent and vital. When I think about urgent I think about words like: immediate, action, hurry or too pressing to permit delay. I need to get...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Callie!
Thirty years ago today, our daughter Callie was born. And I believe God had a plan to use this little girl, when she would become 4 years old, to be the catalyst for Mac’s changed life. Callie grew...
View ArticleSnow Globe
Our youngest daughter, Callie, 4 grandchildren and I (Mary) were on our way to the Santa Train in Canon City. From our house to the train are all back roads. It had snowed the day before but we...
View ArticleBuy One Copy of NEVER LET GO, Get One Free
This week on our website starting Monday, December 9, we want to offer a special Buy One Get One Free sale on NEVER LET GO. We are so pleased that so many have already read our story of hope and...
View ArticleWhat Is Christmas All About?
Our son, Heath, told us he was invited to do a comedy act at Northrock Church for a night of loving on the homeless. Mary & I were so blessed to get to be there. For the meal, Mary sat next to a...
View Article2014 Starts With A Bang
The first Celebrate Recovery seminar for 2014 was in Roseville, CA at Adventure Christian Church. It was an amazing time celebrating recovery with 1000 grateful believers in Jesus Christ. Our bodies...
View ArticleGetting The Job Done
I took one of our grandsons to shovel snow off the concrete foundation we poured for our barn. I methodically took my shovel and started making straight paths across the snow on the foundation. My...
View ArticleDream For You
There’s a powerful new song by Casting Crowns called “Dream For You”: http://youtu.be/R8nsJZx8eWw God has great plans for you. Wait on His timing. He is strong when you are weak. Let Him show you what...
View ArticleTrust
“The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” Galatians 5:6 (NIV) “Daily Hope with Rick Warren” http://purposedriven.com/blogs/dailyhope/index.html?contentid=14031 That...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Cherry!
Today, Mac & I are celebrating the gift God gave us 34 years ago, our Cherry Jean Owen Hudnall. Excerpt from our book “Never Let Go”: “When Cherry was born the nurses loved playing beauty salon...
View ArticleFriends
“This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary Callie & Jacob!
Excerpt from Never Let Go: May 28, 2005. Another blink, and Callie is all grown up and starting a whole new chapter in her life. I think back to our little baby, the one who talked us into getting so...
View ArticleHappy 18th Anniversary, Heath and Carmen!
Happy 18th Anniversary, Heath and Carmen! We couldn’t be more proud of our son and daughter-in-love. Not only 18 years of committed marriage, but 18 years of marriage done well. Excerpt from “Never...
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